Commercial Finance Business Partner

About this job

• As commercial business partner, you will be the finance contact to work with the business in order to achieve its financial objectives through financial analysis as well as business insights and solutions. You will also be providing finance expertise in new business initiatives and developments in the organization.
• You will work closely with cross functional teams particularly in Production & Supply as well as Commercial teams both at country and regional level.
• You will work with cross-functional teams in driving projects and initiatives from initial appraisal, business case assessment and securing approvals for investment proposals, implementation and ultimately monitoring performance through completion.

Accountabilities:

• Support the implementation of business strategy in respective business partner’s area
• Proactively develop and propose financial solutions to address business and customer needs
• Work closely with stakeholders in Commercial and P&S functions for continuous improvement of cost efficiency and control
• Business analysis in order to propose and/or challenge the channel margins and incentive programs for customers
• Annual costing and budgeting process
• Continuous improvement of processes for efficient and effective financial analysis for commercial and finance teams
• Support regional finance on matters relating to monthly reporting process, costing data integrity and quality, annual budgeting process, and other finance related matters

• Bachelor or higher degree in Finance, Accounting or related majors
• Qualified Accountant i.e. CIMA, ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent depending on degree
• Experienced finance professional with minimum of 10 years of experience
• Experience in working within a multinational manufacturing organization
• A good understanding of product costing, budget control, and commercial finance
• A good understanding of tax, compliance controls and risk environment
• Practical experience of a significant change or capital project, ideally having operated in a project steering group role
• Experience managing a team
• Resilience to change
• Proactive and strategic approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement
• Good command of English
• Ability to develop with the Syngenta Group
• Able to travel to the market 

Local Vietnamese candidate only 

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting.  From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.